Nets, puzzles, and postmen [[electronic resource] /] / Peter M. Higgins

• Autore: Higgins Peter M. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 510
• Soggetto topico: Nets (Mathematics); Mathematical recreations; Mathematics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Nets, Trees, and Lies; 2. Trees and Games of Logic; 3. The Nature of Nets; 4. Colouring and Planarity; 5. How to Traverse a Network; 6. One-Way Systems; 7. Spanning Networks; 8. Going with the Flow; 9. Novel Applications of Nets; 10. For Connoisseurs; References; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What do railways, mingling at parties, mazes, and the internet all have in common? All are networks - people or places or things that connect to one another. Peter Higgins shows that these phenomena - and many more - are underpinned by the same deep mathematical structure, and how this understanding gives us remarkable new insights into the world. - ;What do road and railway systems, electrical circuits, mingling at parties, mazes, family trees, and the internet all have in common?. All are networks - either people or places or things that relate and connect to one another. Only relatively rec
• Titolo autorizzato: Nets, puzzles, and postmen
• ISBN: 1-281-34155-X; 9786611341558; 0-19-155116-3; 1-4356-4221-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450952303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II